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Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 4, 2018Polk County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this special weather statement at Jul 4, 2018, 1:31 AM EDT for Polk County, Georgia. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Jul 4, 2018, 1:31 AM EDT (05:31 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2018, 2:00 AM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Wind
40

County Polk County, GA

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 3, 2:59 PM EDT, 10 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 2:59 PM EDT, 10 hours 32 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 3:01 PM EDT, 10 hours 30 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
301 PM EDT Tue Jul 3 2018

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Chattahoochee-Chattooga-Cherokee-Clarke-Clayton-Cobb-Coweta-
Crawford-Crisp-Dade-Dawson-DeKalb-Dodge-Dooly-Douglas-Emanuel-
Fannin-Fayette-Floyd-Forsyth-Gilmer-Glascock-Gordon-Greene-
Gwinnett-Hall-Hancock-Haralson-Harris-Heard-Henry-Houston-Jackson-
Jasper-Jefferson-Johnson-Jones-Lamar-Laurens-Lumpkin-Macon-
Madison-Marion-Meriwether-Monroe-Montgomery-Morgan-Murray-
Muscogee-Newton-North Fulton-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Paulding-Peach-
Pickens-Pike-Polk-Pulaski-Putnam-Rockdale-Schley-South Fulton-
Spalding-Stewart-Sumter-Talbot-Taliaferro-Taylor-Telfair-Toombs-
Towns-Treutlen-Troup-Twiggs-Union-Upson-Walker-Walton-Warren-
Washington-Webster-Wheeler-White-Whitfield-Wilcox-Wilkes-
Wilkinson-
301 PM EDT Tue Jul 3 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight...

Scattered thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and into
tonight... especially across central and eastern Georgia. A few
storms could be strong to severe with strong gusty winds, frequent
lightning and locally heavy rain.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday...

There is a chance of thunderstorms each day, however the best
chance of thunderstorms will be Friday and Saturday as a cold
front moves into Georgia. While a strong to possibly severe
thunderstorm is possible each day, the best chance for strong to
severe storms will be Friday and Saturday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 7:32 PM EDT, 5 hours 59 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 3, 7:51 PM EDT, 5 hours 40 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 8:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWilkes48 min
Jul 3, 9:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCMadison52 min
Jul 3, 9:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCStewart, Webster46 min
Jul 3, 9:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee49 min
Jul 3, 9:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Marion, Stewart, Webster53 min
Jul 3, 11:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHarris, Talbot52 min
Jul 3, 11:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattahoochee, Marion, Muscogee, Schley49 min
Jul 3, 11:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattahoochee, Muscogee43 min
Jul 4, 1:33 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCChattooga, Gordon42 min
Jul 4, 1:55 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCPolk35 min
Jul 4, 2:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCChattooga, Floyd, Gordon44 min
Jul 4, 4:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCHaralson, Paulding30 min
Jul 4, 5:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCWalker30 min
Jul 4, 6:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Dade, Walker27 min
Jul 4, 7:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementFFCCatoosa, Dade, Walker, Whitfield27 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Georgia, 2018Every special weather statement in 2018

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.